The Predators beat the Bruins tonight, behind a solid effort from the new top line of Kyle Turris, Craig Smith, and Kevin Fiala. With Ryan Johansen not playing tonight (he’s day-to-day with an upper body injury), the Turris line would need to step up. They did.
Craig Smith started the scoring for the Predators just 1:36 into the game. He put home a rebound in front of Anton Khudobin after a shot by Alexei Emelin. Then, in the closing seconds of the period, Smith capitalized again after Mattias Ekholm won a puck battle on the boards.